Smoke-ring blower



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SMOKE RING BLOWER; APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 192l- Patented Sept; 12, 1922. v

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SllIQKE-RING Browne.

Application filed Feb uary 23, 1921 Serial No. 447,158.

' To all whom it mcbyconcem Be it known that l, RICHARD TOENNES, a citizen of the United, States, residing at Boonville, in the county of Cooper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smoke-Ring Blowers, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to improvements in smoke-ring blowers and has for its. particular object to provide a toy of this character which is amusing and entertaining to both old and young folks, and which is'simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture, so that it can be made in large, quantities and be used as an advertising medium blowers. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal sectional" view of the form shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3,

is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the mouth-piece insert in an opposite end from that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4,is a sectional view showing a modified form of the device. Fig. 5, is a side elevation partially in section showing a further modified form, Fi 6 shows another form.

imilar reference numerals in all of the Y figures of the drawing designate like parts.

The preferred form of the device is shown in Figures 1 to inclusive, and consists of a smoke-storage tube 10 which is preferably conical in shape forming a relatively wide -mouth at one end and a relatively narrow mouth at its opposite end, for a .purpose hereinafter set forth. A mouth-piece ll' is provided which is also preferably conical in shape and of a greater pitch than is the tube 10, so that its smaller end can be inserted in either mouth of the storage tube to enable the user to blowlarge or small rings as desired. This mouth piece is made separable from the tube 10, not only for the purpose of securing the adjustment to either end, but also to facilitate the packing of the device for shipment, as numbers of each of the conical members can be nested within each and v other, thereby making small packages' and prevent the destruction of the toys during shipment. Y f

In practical operation themouth-piecefis placedagainst the outside of the lips of the user after he has drawn a full mouthfulof smoke from a cigar or pipe, and then by emitting short puffs the smoke-rings will be blown from the opposite end after sufficient smoke has accumulated in the storage tube; Or the usercan retain hispipe or cigar in his mouth and place the mouth-piece along side of the cigar, and as he draws from the ci 'ar-hecan puff through the blower, and

.thus form rings while the cigar or pipe is in his mouth. v

- Ithas been found by practice, that with the parts assembled'as shown in Figure '1,

that relatively large rings will be formed at the small end, and when the mouth-piece is adjusted to the small end, as shown/in Figure 8, relatively small 'rings will' be blown.

piece will be. frictionallyheld in the-ends of the storage tube.

In the modified in place by solder, glue or-otherwise, depending upon the kind of materialthatithe device is made, either paper, pasteboard, thin metal, 'or other thin mate-rial. g Inthe construction shown in Figure 5, the ends of the-storage tube forms the :mouth-pieces, and a disk 13 is frictionally positioned within the storage tube, said disk being provided with'a central opening'l l" andwhich serves the same purpose as the small ends of themouth-pieces heretofore described. V

It is'understood that themouth form shown' in Figure the mouth-piece 12 is permanently secured Figure 6 form shows a straight storagetube 15 and a flaring or conical mouthpiece l6,'the flaring mouthpiece in every instance place against y the lips of the user. p k

The device is especially adapted for adforming a convenient means to vertising purposes. When made of paper orlike material the advertisements can be printed directly upon the material of which the device is made of, and when constructed of metal, labels can be. pasted thereon con-1 taining' the advertisements, or the metal can be stamped with impressed letters," orthe proper wording can be'stencilled thereonj r j Havin thus fully described the invention, whati scaimedis I, l. A (smoke ring blower, comprising a.

smoke storage tube, a mouth-piece conical 1n shape positioned in one end of the storage tube with its smaller end lying Within the same to form a small bloW opening Within the tube, and with the larger end of the mouth-piece lying outsideoit the storage tube to form a flaring mouth-engaging portion adapted to fit over the lips of the user.

2. A smoke ring blower, comprising a conical smoke storage tube, and a conical mouth-piece constructed separately therefrom and adapted to be fitted into the mouth of either end of the storage tube to form smoke-rings of different sizes and also form a flaring mouth-piece for the user.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

RICHARD TOENNES. 

